Researchers with Fudan University in Shanghai and the University of Oxford have developed fake rhino horn crafted from horse hair, paving the way for realistic fakes that can be used to flood the ...

Engineering fake rhino horn “seems like an elaborate technological approach that is not without potentially serious risk,” Dr. Hsiang said, when a much simpler strategy would be to focus on ...

To protect the species, international trade of rhino horn was outlawed under CITES in 1977. Soon after, a sophisticated international poaching industry emerged to hunt for horns, involving ...

When a group of startups set out to solve an age-old problem with new technology, they met unexpected resistance from conservationists who saw the idea as misguided at best — and dangerous at worst.

Late at night in his dorm room, Huyen Hoang was about to fall asleep when he could not shake off what he saw — a photo of a rhinoceros dead and dehorned in Vietnam. It was 2011 when Hoang, a ...

A protester holds a sign and a fake rhino horn during a demonstration outside the Chinese Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, in 2011. The protest called for action against poachers.

As the world’s largest market for illegal rhino horn, Viet Nam’s failure to shut down illegal markets, disrupt the trafficking networks and prosecute the traffickers will be in the spotlight as ...